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coercion

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/koʊˈɝʃən/ English

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  1. (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
  2. (not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
  3. A specific instance of coercing.
  4. Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

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